Definitions :
Inflation: a rise of prices. [also meant that you couldn't sell cotton in the south]
civil war: a war between two groups of citizens fighting against each other
[civil war broke out on April 12th 1861]
poll tax: kept poor whites and all blacks from voting because when they would vote, there was a tax. most of them could not afford the tax. [it prevented them from voting]
grandfather clause: you were allowed to skip the literacy test if your father or grandfather was able to vote on January 1st, 1867
Plessy vs. Ferg: the court that upheld the law of segregation
sharecropping: work the land or rent it, in hopes of buying it
popular sovereignty : people in their own territory or state would vote directly on issues. [rather than having a representative decide for them]

	Created by whiskers over 11 years ago

Civil War Note on civil war, created by whiskers on 22/04/2013.